422 active players, does this have anything to do with WoW?

[JohnDeW]

i figured this game would have tens of thousand of players playing right now, heard on Guild Wars 2 official discord that there is a free WoW gift of the level 50 char and current expansion , wonder why such a low turn out on GW2 steam day?

[dryo98]

the pricing is off, they have to fix their ♥♥♥♥.

[Antik]

These are just steam numbers, the majority of players are not from steam.

[Mirage]

Beyond me why you would expect a game that has been out for 10 years to randomly get tens of thousands of players mere minutes after release, not even able to pre-load the game.

Also what does an even older game have to do with this? WoW of all things lmao.

[Livy]

FFXIV had a major patch this very same day. As well as genshin having an update soon.

And even then most of those interested in the game is already playing it through the official launcher.

[Realight]

I'd guess it has to do with the game size, download was enabled less than an hour ago and game is like 20+GB

[Sychon]

It's a 60 GB download and not everyone interested is going to play right away. I have no idea about WoW, but this is a factor.

[Nio Crius]

well people are still downloading the game (60gb isn't that small)
also they made a huge mistake when it comes to the pricing

[ProbablyLobsters]

Originally posted by Realight:

I'd guess it has to do with the game size, download was enabled less than an hour ago and game is like 20+GB

try 60+ Which is a decent waiting time even with killer speed

[Erik]

Pricing is bs, they wasted the potential. Anyway, game had an active playerbase no matter what. They will not see increased player numbers because of steam, thats all.

[Chronos]

pricing off, there was no pre-load, so people are still downloading, not everyone is around for the steam launch, gotta wait and see, if i had to guess i'd say to give the game a couple weeks and check the numbers again, people will download it cause it's free and then decide if it's worth it or not .. in a month or so the numbers should give you an idea on how it's going ...

[nutritional breakfast]

it literally just came out like 2 seconds ago bruh

[Daiska]

I started the download the minute it was available, and it's only 20% done. It's DLing at 5-7MB/s. Other than that, the entire playerbase before today are not steam users, and can't link their accts here. So for every thousand here, you can multiply by 100 at the very minimum

[[1979] MAUL0r]

speaking as someone whose been playing since launch, I can tell you there's consistently been a large population playing this game. give steam time to ramp up :)

[Really_Dazed]

Patience is a virtue, my friend. Look at the time of day, how large the game file is, and other MMO patch releases.

[Demeth Valknut]

The game is 70 go lmao wait a bit